Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 14-27-7.5-14 - Right of entry upon premises; notice(a) Subject to subsection (b), the department and the department's agents, engineers, geologists, and other employees may, for purposes of determining the department's jurisdiction and performing the engineering inspections provided in sections 9 and 10 of this chapter, enter upon any land or water in Indiana without liability for trespass. The owner of a structure shall do the following:(1) Cooperate with the department and the department's agents, engineers, geologists, and other employees in the conduct of the inspections.(2) Facilitate access to the structure.(3) Furnish upon request the plans, specifications, operating and maintenance data, or other information that is pertinent to the structure.(b) Notwithstanding an engineering inspection performed by the property owner or a consultant of the property owner, not less than five (5) business days before an inspection is conducted under this section, the department shall provide the property owner of a structure with notice of the intended inspection date. The notice must be by mail or by a means of electronic transmission approved by the owner.Amended by P.L. 129-2022,SEC. 5, eff. 7/1/2022.As added by P.L. 148-2002, SEC.15. Amended by P.L. 186-2003, SEC.74.